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but, controlled fear, if you made -- if you dont, it will devour you. and again, go back to i cant change things. >> right. >> and another thing i had, i didnt expect to survive, because i had been in a tremendous battle before, and who am i to say im the chosen one and i will be spared. but ill tell you, two things in the situation of combat. you need some skills, and you need some luck. its like playing texas hold em. >> mm-hmm. >> and i do that. i play texas hold em, as well. but bo...

as i recall the assaults on our position probably came from the direction of the ambush, so we could pretty well concentrate most of our firepower for that. i had indirect fire weapons to help us out. >> what about the fire support? >> yeah, artillery. one of the guys wonded many my -- in the initial assault was my artillery fo. they had backup. they were really tough on operators and were also skilled fire support guys. so we did get artillery support particularly as we knew we were g...

proves the rule. a much more common situation prevailed after the failed confederate advance into kentucky in 1862. davis saw high hopes for this, offense into the home native state. as you all know it failed and confederate failure in kentucky came from several directions. at the same time the inability of confederate commanders to cooperate was certainly a central reason for that disas r disaster. i said davis was terribly supportive, and the drawback into tennessee he called these t...

because the infantry tried, they knew that helicopter was their life line and they worked hard to keep them people from trying to kill us if they could. and some of them got through, of course. >> mm-hmm. >> but, and we always seemed like always took some rounds. but, it was a -- it was a eerie feeling. >> tell me about exhaustion, and sleep deprivation, and how you worked through that stress. >> you know, i wasnt exhausted because i -- i -- my mind wasnt working well. >> mm-hmm. >> i ...

working well. >> mm-hmm. >> i couldnt remember that -- that -- that i had just finished. i went in and laid down, and immediately, i was in some la la land, drifting. >> mm-hmm. >> and i -- it seemed like i was there ten minutes, or less, and somebody says, ed, daylight, gotta go. and we started all over again. and i felt a little better. but not a hell of a lot. >> mm-hmm. >> but it is -- combat is a strange animal. its a strange thing. and it does strange things to different people. ...

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they had to make a lot of trips to pick up this group over here, this group over here, this group over here. >> you didnt stage from one central location? >> no. >> your choppers had to go out and get you, and then there was -- well, give me an example with your company. lets talk about alpha company. where were you? >> i was, i guess, about 20 minutes flying time east of lzx. 20, 30 minutes flying time, i think. i was with a platoon and with the company headquarters of i think the 1st...

>> right. >> you were with the first platoon? >> first platoon. >> now, as i understand the battle, the first few lifts in received no fire. >> thats right. >> but about lift three and four they started to get fire. where were you guys? were you in the three and four or -- >> yeah. when i landed i sensed no fire. i immediately reported to hal moore, who told me, b company is engaged. you get your company, and you join them in the left flank. so the first platoon that landed -- i led th...

understand our history until we understand and listen to the people who lived through and helped shape that history. >> 40 years after the first full-scale engagement between u.s. troops and the peoples army of vietnam, the vietnam archive at texas tech university in lubbock interviewed soldiers. it was after thiz battled in 1965 that the north vietnamese forces began to engage in guerrilla warfare. the americans prevailed but at a heavy cost. next an sbur view with tony nadal. this is...

probably the western side of the perimeter. no real heavy probes because they were looking for weaknesses in the line. my company being fresh, we had ample supply of ammunition. we were a solid company. they didnt find too many weaknesses. so they obviously probed some place else. >> tell me about your general feelings and your remembrance. of colonel mcdade. before the walk. what kind of commander was he? >> before -- >> before, yes. >> didnt know him. >> thefs there what, three weeks...